Final Gala of the 21st Regional Environmental Competition

 As early as the 6th century BC, the Greek philosopher Tales of Miletus claimed that the essence of everything is water, because everything comes from water and everything ends up in it. The human body is approximately 70% composed of water and is therefore the essence of the existence of life. Protecting this precious resource of the Earth was the inspiration for the 21st Izabela Dąmbska Voivodship Ecological Competition, which in this edition was held under the slogan: ‘Water is the source of life’. It was organised by the Stanisław Dąmbski Primary School in Rudna Wielka, and the competition was held under the honorary patronage of the Head of the Świlcza Commune and the Subcarpathian Education Supervisor.

The official summary of the competition took place on 25 April 2024. The winners of the competition and their tutors, teachers, students and invited guests met at our school. 

The gala was opened by the principal of Rudna Wielka Primary School - Mrs. Małgorzata Mazepa, who welcomed the guests, thanked the contest participants and their tutors for their efforts in preparing the works and congratulated them on their work. Invited guests also spoke, emphasising the importance and significance of the theme of the 21st edition of the competition, and students from our school added colour to the meeting with their artistic performances.

The competition, which is of provincial rank, was organised with the aim of protecting the natural environment of people, animals and plants. We wish to shape attitudes and actions aimed at conscious care for our planet, conscious use of natural resources by drawing attention to the condition of the hydrosphere and pointing out the need to protect it. We have inspired students to learn about the fauna and flora of rivers, lakes, seas and oceans in order to educate them in the spirit of respect for nature. We constantly emphasise the continuation of the legacy left to future generations by the patron of our competition, Izabela Dąmbska. She was in fact a pioneer of nature conservation activities in the field of hydrology. The high artistic and content-related level of the works produced by the participants in this year's edition testifies to the fact that we succeeded in encouraging pupils to engage in literary and artistic creative activity, which required extraordinary sensitivity and the use of various sources of information.